Qur'anic Geography
Subtitle: A survey and evaluation of the geographical references in the Qu'ran with suggested solutions for various problems and issues.
Publisher: Independent Scholars Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Saskatoon, Canada
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 480
ISBN-13: 9780973364286
Description: A review of all of the geographical references in the Qur'an. Some amazing conclusions that challenge the traditional view of Islam.
Table of contents: pagenum: ix
label: Abbreviations; pagenum: xi
label: Acknowledgements; pagenum: 1
label: Introduction; label: PART I  Geographical Background to Arabia; title: 7
label: Chapter 1  Geographical Locations in the Qur'ān; title: 17
label: Chapter 2  The Founding of the Nations; label: PART II  The People of ’Ad; title: 30
label: Chapter 3  The People of ’Ad; title: 40
label: Chapter 4  ’Ad in the Bible; title: 55
label: Chapter 5  The Kings of ’Ad; title: 61
label: Chapter 6  ’Ad and the Book of Job; title: 73
label: Chapter 7  ’Ad and the Pharaohs; title: 97
label: Chapter 8  ’Ad, Edom and the Hyksos; label: PART III  The People of Midian; title: 118
label: Chapter 9  The People of Midian; label: PART IV  The People of Thamud; title: 131
label: Chapter 10  The Kingdom of Thamud; title: 146
label: Chapter 11  Thamudic Trade Routes; title: 166
label: Chapter 12  The Thamudic Golden Age; title: 173
label: Chapter 13  The Thamudic Kingdom Crumbles; label: Part V Pre-Islamic Arabia; title: 187
label: Chapter 14  The Tribes of Arabia; title: 213
label: Chapter 15  The City of Medina; label: Part VI  Islam’s Holy City; title: 221
label: Chapter 16  The Holy City; title: 238
label: Chapter 17  The Qibla; title: 251
label: Chapter 18  Archeological Evidence; title: 275
label: Chapter 19  Literary Evidence; title: 302
label: Chapter 20  Historical Evidence; title: 333
label: Chapter 21  Navigation and Pre-Islamic Poetry; title: 346
label: Chapter 22  The Abbāsid Writers; title: 357
label: Chapter 23  The Case for Aqaba and Al-Aqṣa; title: 370
label: Chapter 24  Qur'ānic Geography; label: Part VII  Appendices; title: 382
label: A Timeline of Early Islamic History; title: 414
label: B Annotated Bibliography of Early Islamic Sources; title: 435
label: C Early Qur'āns; title: 442
label: D Bibliography of Secondary Source; title: 460
label: E Index